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WO2006003439A2
WO2006003439A2 PCT/GB2005/002628 GB2005002628W WO2006003439A2 WO 2006003439 A2 WO2006003439 A2 WO 2006003439A2 GB 2005002628 W GB2005002628 W GB 2005002628W WO 2006003439 A2 WO2006003439 A2 WO 2006003439A2
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    • C12Q—MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEIC ACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL OR ENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES
    • C12Q1/00—Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganisms; Compositions therefor; Processes of preparing such compositions
    • C12Q1/68—Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganisms; Compositions therefor; Processes of preparing such compositions involving nucleic acids
    • C12Q1/6844—Nucleic acid amplification reactions
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  • nucleic acid amplification reactions One example of a laboratory procedure that is currently being developed for use outside of the laboratory is nucleic acid amplification reactions. These reactions, which amplify a wide variety of different nucleic acid targets, are well known and are routinely performed in laboratories.
  • An example of such an amplification reaction is the polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
  • PCR polymerase chain reaction
  • the usefulness of this reaction in diagnosing disease states, identifying contaminants in the environment or food, as a tool for forensic science, clinical microbiology, oncology, blood banking is well known.
  • it has been necessary to use laboratory based protocols to conduct such reactions due to their complexity, the inherent stability of the reagents, the possibility of side reactions when reagents are first mixed and the expertise and equipment required.
  • reaction mixture comprises some magnesium ions unfavourable interactions between reaction components, in particular oligonucleotide primers, probes and DNA binding dyes, that can occur during the freeze drying process is minimised thereby ensuring primers and probes are available to bind to the target. This improves the efficiency of the amplification reaction and reduces the formation of side products or unwanted artefacts during storage or amplification.
  • wax When melted the wax preferably forms a liquid that has a lower density than water.
  • Typical pure compounds that are useful waxes include eicosane, octacosane, cetyl palmitate and pentaerythritol, tetrabehenate.
  • Typical wax mixtures include but are not limited to, paraffin, paraplast, ultraflex and Besquare 175,Ampliwax (Perkin Elmer Cetus) and Polyfin (Polysciences). Waxes can be prepared by mixing pure or mixed waxes with one another or with greases or oils in any ratios which preserve the characteristic of a wax in general. Such techniques are well known to one skilled in the art.
  • Reagents that are commonly mixed for use in a nucleic acid amplification reaction include those selected from the following: all four compound nucleoside triphosphates (eg for DNA polymerase the four common dNTP's - dATP, dGTP, dTTP, dCTP) at a concentration in the range of about 1x10 "5 M to about lxl0 ⁇ 3 M; magnesium ions in the form of a suitable substance, usually MgCl 2; usually at concentrations of about 1- 5mM; a polynucleotide polymerase, preferably a thermostable polymerase, more preferably a thermostable DNA polymerase, most preferably the DNA polymerase I from Thermus aquaticus (Taq polymerase, as described in US 4,889,818), usually at a concentration of from about IxIC 10 M to about lxl0 "8 M; and single stranded oligonucleotide primers containing base sequences which are complementary to sequence
  • the reagent mixture comprises about 0.1% to about 50%, preferably from about 3% to about 30% and more preferably from about 5% to about 15% of the final concentration of magnesium ions necessary to activate an amplification reaction.
  • the level of magnesium ions chosen is from about 0.1% to about 50%, preferably from about 3% to about 30% and more preferably from about 5% to about 15% of the final concentration of magnesium ions necessary to activate the polynucleotide polymerase.
  • Magnesium ions are thought to have several key roles in amplification reactions. These include activating the polynucleotide polymerase enzyme, interacting with the oligonucleotides, complexing with the dNTP's and buffering the reaction mixture.
  • the availability of magnesium ions will therefore be affected by many factors well known to those skilled in the art including the concentration of dNTP's used, the concentration of oligonucleotides used and the like.
  • the availability of magnesium ions may also be affected by other factors including the material from which the reaction vessel is made. However if insufficient magnesium ions are available the amplification reaction will not proceed. It is therefore necessary to optimise the final amplification reaction mixture to ascertain the amount of magnesium required in order for the amplification to proceed. This can be readily conducted by one of ordinary skill in the art. Such optimisation will include identifying the level of magnesium required in order to activate the polynucleotide polymerase enzyme.
  • the method of the present invention may include the additional step of covering the dried reagents with a layer of wax or grease. If the reagents are stored within a container this may mean providing a sealing layer within the container above the dried reagents. Alternatively this may mean encapsulating the dried reagents within a vesicle which is manufactured from wax or grease.
  • the amount of wax or grease used should preferably be sufficient to form a barrier between the dried reagent mixture and the atmosphere. This barrier further increases the stabilisation of the dried reagent mixture thereby increasing the shelf life of the dried reagents at ambient conditions.
  • the layer may be prepared such that the wax or grease is in contact with the reagents.
  • the layer may be such that the wax or grease forms a plug within a vessel in which the dried reagents are stored.
  • Other suitable ways of applying the wax or grease layer may also be determined by one skilled in the art such as forming a vesicle in which the dried reagents may be stored and the like.
  • the particles Preferably have a density of less than or very close to water such that they are likely to form a layer on top of the aqueous layer when the former melts into an oil.
  • concentration of polymeric particles in the grease or wax permits considerable variability and can be optimised for any of several functional properties of the mixture as known to one skilled in the art.
  • this invention relates to reagents, particularly those suitable for nucleic acid amplification reaction, which have been stabilised according to a method of the present invention.
  • this invention relates to a reaction vessel, particularly one suitable for conducting a nucleic acid amplification reaction, comprising reagents which have been stabilised according to a method of the present invention.
  • the dried reagents will reconstitute such that each of the necessary reagents is present in solution and at the desired and optimised concentration for the amplification to proceed. It is necessary to add the additional magnesium ions to the reaction mixture in order that sufficient magnesium ions are available to activate the amplification reaction including to activate the polynucleotide polymerase. Furthermore it may have a role in buffering the reaction solution.
  • the magnesium ions can be added by any suitable means.
  • the target is dissolved in a prepared magnesium solution prior to addition to the dried reagents. This is ideal since being inorganic, magnesium salts need not be prepared or stored using special precautions against microbial contamination.
  • the target material is to be eluted from the column that the column is designed such that magnesium ions are also eluted.
  • the magnesium compound may be contained within the layer of wax or grease.
  • fatty acid salts of Mg are potentially soluble in oil / wax / grease and yet also extract into water when the oil / wax / grease contacts the hot water and therefore the magnesium can be stored in the oil / wax / grease layer. This means that as the reaction mixture is heated and the oil / wax/ grease melts and floats to the top of the aqueous solution containing the target any magnesium present is released into the reaction mixture.
  • the results shown in figure 2 provide a melting peak analysis of the products formed from the amplification reactions conducted. As expected for those assays comprising less than 3mM concentration of magnesium chloride no amplification products were formed and hence no peaks are observed.
  • the assays conducted at 3mM magnesium chloride comprising target DNA show a clean peak at about 83 0 C. This peak is indicative of the amplification product achieved by the amplification of the target.
  • these results also indicate that when the assay was conducted with no target DNA added non specific artefacts were also formed. These are demonstrated by the broad peaks with a melting point higher and lower than that of the target product. However the presence of these non-specific artefacts further demonstrates the activity of the polymerase at concentrations of magnesium chloride at 3mM.
  • Real time PCR reactions were conducted using reagents which had been prepared to contain different concentrations of magnesium ions, freeze dried and then stored. These assays were conducted to compare the effect on the nucleic acid amplification reaction of preparing the freeze dried reagents without magnesium or alternatively comprising a low level of magnesium chosen such that the polymerase was inactive.
  • Liquid formulations of PCR reagents were prepared as before to contain the following when reconstituted to a working concentration of IX: 5OmM TRIZMA pH8.8, 200 ⁇ M dNTPs containing dUTP, 250ng/ ⁇ L BSA 5 0.02U/ ⁇ L uracil-N-glycosidase (UNG), 0.04U/ ⁇ L Taq polymerase, 0.03 ⁇ M TaqStart antibody and 10% w/v trehalose.
  • Figure 3 shows the melting peaks of the products formed after amplification of the probe based assay wherein the reagents had been stored in the absence of magnesium chloride.

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L'invention concerne une méthode permettant de stabiliser des réactifs appropriés pour être utilisés dans une réaction d'amplification. Ladite méthode consiste à (i) préparer un mélange de réactifs contenant des réactifs convenant à une utilisation dans une réaction d'amplification d'acides nucléiques et renfermant une polymérase polynucléotidique et (ii) sécher les réactifs. Cette méthode est caractérisée en ce que ledit mélange de réactifs contient entre environ 0,1 % et environ 50 % de la concentration finale d'ions de magnésium requise pour activer une réaction d'amplification. Cette invention a aussi trait à des réactifs, des récipients de réaction, l'utilisation de tels réactifs dans une réaction d'amplification d'acides nucléiques, et une méthode de réalisation d'une réaction d'amplification, au moyen de réactifs ainsi préparés.
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US11/630,645 US20080070281A1 (en) 2004-07-02 2005-07-04 Method for Stabilising Reagents Which are Useful for Nucleic Acid Amplification
JP2007518711A JP2008504046A (ja) 2004-07-02 2005-07-04 核酸増幅に有用である試薬を安定化する方法
EP05757405A EP1763587A2 (fr) 2004-07-02 2005-07-04 Methode de stabilisation de reactifs utilises dans l'amplification d'acides nucleiques
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